diail
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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from diabhail (genitive of diabhal (“devil”)), with which it is homophonous in some dialects.[2] Could also be a reduced form of Dia (“God”) + -úil or a reduced and dissimilated form of diabhal + -úil.
Pronunciation
Adjective
diail (genitive singular feminine diaile, plural diaile, comparative diaile)
- great, very good, first-rate, splendid
- devilish (extreme, excessive)
- (adverbial, in go diail) surprisingly, terribly, extremely
Declension
Declension of diail
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | diail | dhiail | diaile; dhiaile² | |
| Vocative | dhiail | diaile | ||
| Genitive | diaile | diaile | diail | |
| Dative | diail; dhiail¹ |
dhiail | diaile; dhiaile² | |
| Comparative | níos diaile | |||
| Superlative | is diaile | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| diail | dhiail | ndiail |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- ^ “diail”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “diaḃail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 238
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 204, page 103
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “diail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “diail”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN